The mitochondrial genome of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Gigaspora margarita reveals two unsuspected trans-splicing events of group I introns

New Phytologist

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 836-845

  Pelin, Adrian ^a   Pombert, Jean François ^b   Salvioli, Alessandra ^c   Bonen, Linda ^a   Bonfante, Paola ^c   Corradi, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; Gigaspora margarita; Group I intron; Mitochondrial genome; Phylogeny; trans splicing

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; CYTOCHROME; FUNGUS; GENOME; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGENY; SYMBIOSIS;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHICORY; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL GENOME; GENETICS; GLOMEROMYCOTA; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; INTRON; MICROBIOLOGY; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYCORRHIZA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOT; SYMBIOSIS; TRANS SPLICING;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHICORY; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; GENOME, FUNGAL; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; GLOMEROMYCOTA; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCORRHIZAE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOTS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYMBIOSIS; TRANS-SPLICING;

ARBUSCULAR; FUNGI; GIGASPORA MARGARITA;

EID: 84859605507     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04072.x     Document Type: Article

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